by Michael Shapiro | Jul 27, 2011 | Literature
“Come, I’d like to show you something,” says Jan Morris, the eminent Welsh author. We’re at the rustic Pen-y-Gwryd, a 200-year-old lodge clinging to the foothills of Mount Snowdon, Wales’ highest peak, where climbers Edmund Hillary, John Hunt, and others trained for...
by Michael Shapiro | Jul 11, 2011 | Books, Past Events
Aug 11-14, 2011, Book Passage Travel Writers Conference, Corte Madera, Calif. Michael Shapiro will serve on panels and sign copies of A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives, and Inspiration and Guatemala: A Journey Through the Land of the...
by Michael Shapiro | Aug 15, 2004 | Books, Literature, Past Events, Stories
Shapiro's BookTV panel discussion with Isabel Allende, Tim Cahill, Jan Morris and Jeff Greenwald For the book launch of A Sense of Place, I set up a panel discussion with four of the leading literary lights of our time: Isabel Allende, Tim Cahill, Jan Morris, and Jeff...
by Michael Shapiro | Jun 17, 2011 | Interviews, Literature, Music
The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa June 17, 2011 Lucinda Williams’ music a blessing for all By Michael Shapiro Lucinda Williams has struck a nerve. The title track of her new album “Blessed,” has sparked a movement of people wanting to share why they feel blessed....
by Michael Shapiro | Mar 3, 2011 | Blog, Stories
The football star–turned–soldier became the Pentagon’s poster boy, and when he was shot dead by U.S. Army Rangers, the military said he was killed by enemy fire. The deception, it turns out, was not an isolated incident, but part of a pattern of keeping the...
